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The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report about the Alaska Airlines incident that has roiled Boeing

Spirit Aerosystems personnel removed the bolts to replace the damaged rivets but didn't put them back

Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes hit the air again on Friday after three weeks of being grounded.This comes after a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines fligh

In the same area as the plug door that blew out of that plane. tom costello joins us. is this a sign of a larger problem here? >> could be. that's exactly what the ntsb is looking at. the point is that these were preliminary inspections. alaska airlines did it and united airlines did it. this is not even yet the formal faa required inspection of the door plugs you mentioned. this is just a cursory look. both airlines say they have seen loose parts around that door plug on other planes, on other max 9s. that becomes a bigger question. right? do we have a bigger problem than just one plane? do w...

Has been inspecting the jets after part of an alaska airlines plane's fuselage fell off in mid—air on friday. the faa said its first priority was "keeping the flying public safe". the grounding of the jets has had an immediate impact on travellers. alaska airlines cancelled a further 170 flights on sunday, on top of the 160 flights it cancelled on saturday. the airline said approximately a8,000 passengers have been affected already. and united airlines says it cancelled 180 flights on sunday, after already cancelling 90 on saturday. both airlines told passengers to expect more cancellations ...